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Main source = Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian) Translated to English by the GeoGPT group, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China--see About

Kulkamysh Formation

Kulkamysh Fm

Period:

Cretaceous

Age Interval:

Upper Aptian, B1

Province:
Bukhara-SW Gissar

Type Locality and Naming

Along the village of Kulkamish, Southwest Gissar. X.X. Mirkamalov, M.E. Egamberdyev, 1969 (300, p.66). Stratotype near the village of Kulkamish. Lower-Middle formation (2 of 5) of the Kamprek Gr. The Kulkamysh suite is part of the Karakuz Horizon

Synonym: Kulkamyshskaya Suite, Кулькамышская св. Kulkamish Fm

Lithology and Thickness

Conglomerates, gravelites, sandstones with layers of clays and shell limestones. Thickness 10-20m.

Lithology Pattern:

Aus Conglomerate

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

It lies with erosion on the Kaligrek Fm

Upper contact

It is conformably overlain by the Charshangan Fm.

Regional extent

Southwest Gissar, Bukhara-Karshinsky district. Corresponds to the lower part of the Karakuz Fm.

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Fossils

Contains ammonites - Acanthohoplites nolani Seun; marine bivalve mollusks - Pterotrigonia aliformis Park.; brachiopods Praelongithyris dutempleana Orb.; foraminifers - Verneuilina vinokurovae Zhuk., Gaudryina gazliensis Zhuk.

Age

It belongs to the upper Aptian (A. nolani zone).

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Aptian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.7

Beginning date (Ma):

115.66

Ending stage:

Aptian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.9

Ending date (Ma):

114.02

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

I.M. Abdazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”